Oregon Health Authority/AmeriCorpsVISTA

Partnership Project

Host Site Application

Spring 2017VISTA Team

VISTA Assignment Description (VAD)

Version:3/6/17

Example VAD Portion

Objective of the Assignment (Period of Performance: April 2016-17)
Collaborate with Maple County Public Health and community partners to guide the Service Integration Teams in Oaktown and the West Valley to help cover emergency health-related needs to low income and at risk residents in these areas.
Member Activity:
  1. Create a sustainable system for organizing the monthly service requests and meeting reminders that will allow Maple County Public Health to work with local communities to expand the Service Integration Teams to all seven school districts in Maple County.
  2. Conduct outreach to local partners to promote the Service Integration Team services.
  3. Recruit new community partners to give presentations during the monthly meetings to promote other services available in the area to increase the understanding and awareness of other organizations and businesses.

What makes this a good VAD objective?

  • Level of detail and amount of text: 1-2 sentences per objective and each bullet point.
  • Explicit tie to poverty: “Do XYZ in order to expand use of the program and reduce the economic burden of the disease.”
  • Zero use of acronyms
  • Limited use ofprofessional jargon: Instead of “coordinate accreditation”, expand and put in clear language as “coordinate agency-wide effort to apply for national certification by Public Health Accreditation Board”
  • Clear activities: Instead of “expand community partnerships”, try “Identify stakeholders from related programs, meet with potential partners, document commitments, report back to committee to prioritize follow up activities”, etc.
  • Clear outputs: Instead of “complete evaluation of the WIC program”, try “complete evaluation report, present to oversight committee, and disseminate full and executive briefing versions to partners.”
  • Clear what success will look like:Instead of “expand Service Integration Teams”, try “establish new Service Integration Teams in at least 3 out of 5 remaining school districts.”
  • Not purely administrative/support activity
  • No actual or implied prohibited activities (policy development, lobbying, etc.)

Your VISTA Assignment Description (VAD)

Title:
Example: Maple County Public Health Communications VISTA
Sponsoring Organization: State of Oregon-OHA-Public Health Division
Project Name: Oregon Public Health Partnership
Site Name: [To be entered by OHA team.]
Focus Area(s)
Primary: Healthy Futures (required for all OHA VISTA Partnership Projects)
Secondary (optional): ☐Disaster services ☐Economic opportunity ☐Education
☐Environmental Stewardship ☐Veteran and Military Families
VISTA Assignment Objectives and Member Activities
Goal of the Project (same for all OHA VISTA sites): The OHA VISTA project aims to reduce poverty in local communities through building sustainable county-wide wellness initiatives and taking a systems-approach to creating healthy communities. The project aims for health equity, access to care, and community resiliency for all residents of Oregon, regardless of financial status.
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